There was some concern that people might be a little cold onSolo: A Star Wars Storyso soon afterStar Wars: The Last Jedi. But initial tracking projects show that people haven’t burned out yet on going to a galaxy far, far away.
According toDeadline, industry projections haveSoloraking in over $170 million on its four-day holiday weekend. That puts it well ahead ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story, which earned $155 million on its opening day weekend. Even in the tracking fluctuates and the projections drop to only $150 million on the weekend, that will still be good enough to giveSolothe record for Memorial Day weekend, beating outPirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End($139.8 million) andIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull($126.9 million).
Ultimately, whatSolowill be judged against are other recentStar Warsmovies, and specificallyRogue One. The past threeStar Warsmovies have had the benefit of a December opening, so they get to rake in the holiday dollarsandthey have almost no competition for January and some of February.Rogue Oneultimately pulled in $532 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide, soSolodefinitely has an uphill climb, especially when facing June tentpoles likeIncredibles 2andJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
Perhaps the excitement overSoloshouldn’t be too surprising. The advertising thus far has made it look like a solid action-comedy featuring characters people already love like Han, Chewie, and Lando. Even if you look at the marketing and think Disney should have made a Lando movie instead of a Han Solo movie, you’re still going to go seeSolo.
Soloopens May 25th and starsAlden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, andPaul Bettany.
Here’s the official synopsis forSolo: A Star Wars Story:
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in “Solo: AStar WarsStory,” an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and meets the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of theStar Warssaga’s most unlikely heroes.
